Child Protection Policy

• We commit ourselves to nurture, protect and safeguard all our members, particularly our children and young people.
• We recognise that our work with children and young people is the responsibility of the whole church community.
• We undertake to exercise proper care in the selection, appointment and support of those working with children, whether paid or volunteer.
• As a church community we endeavour to support parents and carers who have responsibility for bringing up children.
• We accept and endorse the principles of the Children Act 1989 and 2004; government guidance on safeguarding children; the House of Bishops’ Policy Statement Protecting All God’s Children (2004) and the Coventry Diocesan guidelines and procedures.
• We shall appoint a child protection coordinator to work with the incumbent and the Parochial Church council to implement policy and procedures.
• The PCC shall review this policy annually.
• This policy along with the names and contact details for Childline, Child Protection Coordinator and Children’s Advocate shall be displayed in the church.

This policy was adopted by the Parochial Church Council at its meeting on Monday 27th November 2006.

Churches for all Policy Statement

The Parochial Church Council of Holy Trinity Church (Coventry), welcomes and supports the principles of Churches for All, designed to enable people with disabilities and older people to worship God in fellowship with other members of their community.

We are committed to a programme of improvements to make Holy Trinity’s activities and facilities more accessible to all people regardless of their disability or disabling condition.

We will develop and monitor our wider church programme activities to endeavour to ensure that accessible venues are always available for meetings held outside our main building.

We will ensure that paid and volunteer staff are given training on disability issues to enable such staff in their ministry to be fully inclusive of everyone.

The person leading this project is Tracey Drew who would be pleased to receive comments and suggestions for improvements.

This policy was adopted by the Parochial Church Council at its meeting on Monday 28th November 2005